翻译考试历年中级口译真题(9)_第4页

1.    Miss Bohun had arranged for Felix                  before he arrived.
      (A) to go to school in the Education Office.
      (B) to have lessons with some Arab boys
      (C) to study at home every morning
      (D) to receive private tuition
2.  Felix did not  feel the arrangements Miss Bohun had  mad were satisfactory because             .
      (A) he knew Miss Bohun was disappointed in him
      (B) he could not have regular lessons
      (C) he did not like Mr. Posthorn
      (D) he didn't like studying at Miss Bohun's
3.    Before he came to stay with Miss Bohun, Felix's lessons                .          
      (A) Were shared with some children from a royal family
      (B) Were not suitable in his father's eye
      (C) Had not been adequate in some subjects
      (D) Had frequently been interrupted by his mother.
4.    What did Mr. Posthorn think of Felix's education?
      (A) He thought his father had not encouraged him enough.
      (B) He was surprised that Felix had managed to learn anything at all.
      (C) He Thought Felix had wasted a great deal of valuable time.
      (D) He believed that Felix could catch up with the other boys later.
5.    Why didn't Felix go back to England when the war started?
      (A) His parents wanted him to be with them.
      (B) His mother would not agree to his going.
      (C) His father intended to teach Felix himself.
      (D) He himself did not really want to go.

Questions 6~10 
      Many fold cures which have been around  for centuries may be more therapeutic than preciously suspected.A case in point is that of penicillin.Alexander Fleming did not just randomly choose cheese molds to study when he discovered this very important bacteria-killing substance. Moldy cheese was frequently given to patients as a remedy for illness at  one tome. Fleming just isolated what if was about the cheese which cured the patients.

      In parts of South America, a powder obtained from sugar cane is used for healing infections in wounds and ulcers.This usage may may date back to pre-Colombian times.  Experiments carried out on  several  hundred patients indicate that ordinary sugar in high concentrations  is lethal to bacteria. Its suction effect eliminates dead cells, and it generated a glasslike layer which protects the wound and ensures healing.

      Another example of  folk medicine which scientists are investigating is that of Arab fishermen who rub their wounds with a venomous catfish to quicken healing.This catfish excretes  a gemlike slime which scientists have found to contain antibiotics,a coagulant that helps close injured hood vessels,anti-inflammatory agents,and a chemical that  directs production of a glue-like material that aids healing.

      It is hope that by documenting these folk remedies and experimenting to see if results are indeed beneficial, an analysis of the substances can be made, and synthetic substances can be developed for human consumption.

6.    This passage is mainly about             .
      (A) using folk medicine to replace modern medicine.
      (B) Antibiotics in the field of medicine.
      (C)  The effectiveness of folk remedies.
      (D) Isolating antibiotics in cheese, sugar, and slime
7.    The world“therapeutic” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to             .          
      (A) physiological                (B) medicinal
      (C) traditional                  (D) psychological
8.    It can be inferred from the passage that Alexander Fleming                .
      (A) discovered moldy cheese
      (B)  isolated infectious patients
      (C) suspected medicinal properties of molds.
      (D) Enjoyed eating different kinds of cheese
9.    The world“eliminates” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by which of the following?
      (A) bacteria feed on sugar
      (B) sugar kills unhealthy cells
      (C) glass is formed from sugar
      (D) sugar promotes healing